Catherine Bartlett Johnna Maiorella Humanities through the Arts April 24‚ 2013 The Pursuit of Happiness What is happiness? What is virtue? Although these two things are important to us‚ we probably have not put much though into why. Most people would agree that happiness is something everyone wants or a state of being. Virtues are part of our character and encompass such things as loyalty‚ courage‚ truth‚ and integrity and are also an essential part of who we are. When we congratulate
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Man vs "Nature"? As I have read for class these past two assignments‚ I have been forced to face an important distinction that I think is often overlooked by many environmental advocates (a group of people which I have been known to associate myself with). The problem I would like to address‚ or at least bring to our classes attention is the murkiness that surrounds the word "nature". We often find ourselves (I am included in this) using the word nature to mean something along the lines of all that
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December 20th 2011 Hypermodernity and Paradoxical Individualism 1. Some writers like to say that the eyes are the mirrors of the soul. They are wrong: fashion is… at least in our 21st century society. Foucault has greatly contributed to shape our understanding of the consequences of disciplinary power on us through time. Modernity was the time during which things such as the rise of bureaucracy; institutions and other psychologically enslaving features were beginning to be openly talked
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Is everything determined by fate? In my opinion‚ not everything is determined by our fate. I believe this because we have options to choose from. According to Epictetus our priority “is to adjust our attitudes to the inevitable events that occur outside our control and just accept what happens.” I agree with him because if it’s not in our control then we should just accept it. If it’s in our control we should consider all of our possibilities. Although‚ we will not know what really is “right”. What
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I grew up in a family that I can say is very ideal. Well‚ you might ask me what else can I ask for? I would understand if that thought would enter your mind because I believe most of the people I knew if not everybody would want to be in the position where I stand right now. But I guess you would also agree with me if I say that there are things that keep people on asking for more. Some ask for money‚ some ask for power‚ some ask for knowledge‚ some ask for love life‚ some ask for sex and whether
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or also known as Lucius Flavius Arrianus‚ was a Greek born child a few years before 90 A.D. His father had been granted a Roman citizenship which enabled Arrian to take up his Career in the imperial service. In 108 AD he studied philosophy under Epictetus and wrote down his sayings. Later on he became an Athenian citizen and became a chief magistrate and devoted the rest of his life to writing and living in Athens. While all he did was write books‚ he wrote seven books and only one of them has been
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“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead” (Power 1)‚ Aristotle knew the importance of education; especially literacy. Literacy is what stood between the slaves and the slaves owners. However‚ some of the enslaved were fortunate enough to possess more intelligence than their owners knew. Harriet Jacobs is one of the few that shared the knowledge of literacy and she knew the power that this held. She used this as her driving force to push through all of the hardships
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work of art combines precision‚ detail‚ and philosophical ideas all in one painting? Raphael’s painting of “the school of Athens” does all that with his depiction of many of the greatest thinkers and philosophers such as Aristotle‚ Plato‚ Socrates‚ Epicurus‚ and many more. The painting was painted between 1509 and 1511 during the High Renaissance art period‚ a period in which artist are creating works with more balance and are characterized to be having a burst of creativity‚ and is a fresco painting
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Analyze how political‚ religious‚ and social factors affected the work of scientists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Historical Background: Between 1500 and 1700‚ scientists‚ or natural philosophers as they were called‚ developed a new scientific worldview. A heliocentric model of the universe replaced the traditional geocentric model. Different methods for discovering scientific laws were developed. Scientists envisioned a universe composed of matter in motion‚ which could best be understood
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Consequences are often the driving force for many individuals‚ to seek some sort of help or comfort in times of trouble. These consequences are expressed by emotional responses and when they are traced to a source‚ it is often associated to an event in life. This humanistic approach to problem solving can seem logical but also provides an avenue to repeated emotional responses based on triggered events. Within this equation there is a fundamental product that multiplies problems‚ yet is illogically
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